According to historical records, Ying Zheng has been building a mausoleum for himself since he ascended the throne at the age of 13. At the beginning of his accession to the throne, he decided to gather the scattered tombs across the country and build them near the capital Xianyang. After the unification of the world, a great deal of construction work was carried out, and imperial mausoleums were built on a large scale. The construction of the mausoleum lasted 39 years and recruited as many laborers, farmers, prisoners, craftsmen and others as the Pyramid of Khufu in Egypt. The most mysterious one is none other than the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang .
The Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin is located at the northern foot of Lishan Mountain, 30 kilometers east of Xi'an. It is surrounded by mountains, lush forests, and twists and turns. The tall tomb is surrounded by towering peaks and is integrated with Lishan Mountain. The scenery is beautiful and the environment is unique. From a Feng Shui perspective, the location is excellent and it is a Feng Shui treasure. The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor was designed by Prime Minister Li Si, and the construction was supervised by the Shaofu Order Zhang Han. It recruited 720,000 manpower. During the construction, the number of people employed was as high as 800,000, which was equivalent to one-tenth of the total population at that time. It lasted 39 years. Only then was the construction completed. What kind of mausoleum requires nearly a million manpower and takes nearly 40 years to complete? Next, let’s take a look at how many mysteries are hidden in Qin Shihuang’s mausoleum.
First of all, according to the "Shui Jing Zhu", Qin Shihuang's mausoleum "has astronomy at the top and geography at the bottom, with mercury as hundreds of rivers, rivers and seas." In other words, in this Mausoleum of the First Emperor , the cave ceilings are engraved with astronomical phenomena, while the ground is built to imitate the topography of Qin State , and trenches are dug into the rivers, lakes and seas and filled with mercury to imitate the rivers of Qin State. Mercury is a heavy metal and highly toxic. Once a tomb robber enters the tomb, he will be poisoned and die. This is enough to scare tomb robbers!
The Underground Palace of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum refers to the underground level of the mausoleum, which is used to place coffins and a large number of funerary objects. At present, most of the information about the underground palace of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum is based on historical data, because this is a place that cannot be easily excavated by modern technology. Regarding the mysterious underground palace of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, there are currently several mysteries circulating that cannot be explained by science.
If the tomb robbers are lucky enough to enter the underground palace, there will also be mechanical crossbows in the underground palace, which is an automatic defense mechanism. After entering the underground palace and triggering the switch, the defensive crossbow will be launched automatically, and the tomb robbers will be pierced by thousands of arrows and killed. It is difficult for us to imagine how people made automatic launchers more than two thousand years ago in an era when productivity was not developed?
Qin Shihuang’s mausoleum can be said to be full of institutions. If you enter it rashly, you will never return. No tomb robber dares to visit it. It is called the imperial mausoleum that “don’t dare to dig”. It is precisely because of the fear of tomb robbers that this precious imperial mausoleum has been completely preserved. As technology develops in the future, I believe the mystery of Qin Shi Huang’s tomb will be revealed.
